We’ve previously highlighted some great waterfront restaurants in our pages, such as The Flying Taco on the Susquehanna (July 2022), Snug Harbor on Keuka Lake (June 2025), Finger Lakes House on the ...

Crowned with Summer Jul 01, 2025 09:00AM &#x25CF By Deb Young Back of the Mountain, July 2025 Read More » ...

One summer night, we were on the way to Mill Cove near Mansfield when my husband, who was driving, spotted this scene. He pulled off to the side of the road, and the deer were not concerned that we ...

"On the Waterfront" by Lilace Mellin Guignard spearheads our Summer Food Issue with six summer restaurants on the water.

Crowned with Summer Jul 01, 2025 09:00AM &#x25CF By Deb Young Back of the Mountain, July 2025 Read More » ...

So here I am on a summer day in my backyard, walking my horse past a pile of stones where there’s a big gap in an old rock wall (and where, by the way, I pass numerous times a day, as do my chickens, ...

A great wine and food pairing can create a memory. The mysterious alchemy not only makes for a happy palate, but also connects you to a place and time. I’ll never forget the solomillo con foie I had ...

Bob braved his way through another forkful of “garlic chicken” and shook his head. My heart sank. Drat. I had screwed up another meal. But when I replayed the episode in my head, I knew I had stuck to ...

It wasn’t part of Maame Badu’s plan to open a food business, but life has a funny way of turning around. “By God’s grace, it happened,” Maame says, reflecting on how her business—Good Grace African ...

AWAKE! is inspired by just that—a journey with an unknown outcome and the emotions evoked throughout it. Melissa says, “I wrote it according to several poems that I had treasured since I was a ...

Join us for an hour of storytelling and play under the reading tree at the Otto Bookstore every Sunday from Noon to 1:00 pm! Eventbrite registration is requested, but not required—come enjoy an hour ...

It was the ’60s, rock was involved, and the Brits were everywhere. But this wasn’t the British Invasion of the 1960s I was seeing. Before me were weathered and lichen-covered headstones marking the ...